A.

15-second questions – 2 points each

69 1. 17 more than the sum of 33 and 19 is equal to what number?

23.4545 2. If 3.05 x 76.9 = 234.545, what is 30.5 x 0.769?

0, 6 3. What digit(s) placed in the blank in 377__4 will make it divisible by 12?

198 4. What is the sum of the largest prime less than 100 and thesmallest
prime greater than 100?

112 cm2 5. If ¾ of the area of a rectangle is 84 cm2, what is the whole area?

12 days 6. If 6 men can finish a job in 8 days, how long will 4 men finishthe same
job if they work at the same rate?

62 7.Rita can put her pictures 4, 5 or 6 to a page in her album, with 2

pictures left over in each case. What is the smallest number of pictures for this to
happen?

216 cm2 8. A 15 cm by 10 cm picture was enlarged so that its dimensions

increased by 20%. What is the area of the enlarged picture?
66° 9.The vertex angle of an isosceles triangle is 9° more than a base
angle.What isthe vertex angle?

27,499 10.What is the largest 5-digit number which rounds to 27,000 to

thenearest thousand?

46.5 cm 11.The perimeter of a square is 186 cm. How long is one side?

30-second questions – 3 points each

47 1.Five consecutive whole numbers have a sum of 225. What

is thelargest number?

20 2.A piece of plastic sheet is 4 m by 3.2 m. What is the smallest number of

equal squares into which it can be cut?

(This question has a problem because it did not specify the unit of the small
square.)

16 3.How many ribbons, each 1 7/8dm long can be cut from a roll 3 mlong?

70 4.What is the smallest number by which you can multiply 2520 tomake it
a perfect square?

899 5.Find the product of the prime numbers immediately before and after 30.

96 6.Two numbers are in the ratio 5:8. If the difference is 36, what isthe larger
of the two numbers?
C.1-minute questions – 5 points each

27:8 1.One cube has an edge of 9 cm. A second cube has an edge 32 that of
the first cube. What is the ratio of the volume of the firstcube to that of the
second cube?

P750 2.A bunch of new 50-peso bills are consecutively numberedA23486 to

A23500. What is the total peso value of the bills?

200 km 3.A train travels 60 km in ¾ hour. If it maintains the same averagespeed,

how far will it travel in 2 ½ hours?

256 cm2 4.Nine small squares are put together to form a bigger square. If the
perimeter of the big square is 192 cm, what is the area of each small square?

Sunday 5. Today, March 10, is Friday. What day is it 100 days from today?

30 m 6.A piece of rope 75 m long is cut into three pieces in the ratio4:5:6.
How long is the longest piece?
Clincher questions

39 1.What is the 20th odd counting number?

9 2.To what exponent should 2 be raised to give a value of 512?

8 3.How many multiples of 12 are there between 200 and 290?

Do-Or-Die questions

2076 1.How many digits are printed by a printer that prints all the
wholenumbers from 1 to 728 inclusive?

A.15-second questions – 2 points each

7641, 1467 1.Arrange the digits in 4716 to make the biggest and the
smallestnumbers.

82,045,003 2.Write 82 million, 45 thousand, 3 in symbols.

120 3.Find the value of (12 x 18) – (12 x 8) by using the distributive law in
reverse.

101,000 4.Write 10^3+ 10^5 as one number.

31.5 5.Water makes up 70% by weight of the human body. Nick has aweight
of 45 kg. How many kg of water make up Nick’s weight?

83 6.The product of two numbers is one. If one number is 2 2/3 ,what is the
other?

4 7.What digit must replace 3 in 837 to make it divisible by 11?

17 cm. 8.The base of an isosceles triangle is 4 cm more than a leg. If

the perimeter is 43 cm, find the base.

14.3 9.The sum of two numbers is 42.9. If one number is twice theother, what
is the smaller number?

P400 10.What is the regular price of a dress that is sold for P320 at
20%discount?

1:10 11.What is the ratio of 25 cm to 2.5 m

B.30-second questions – 3 points each

1:25 1.If a school has 6000 pupils and 240 teachers, what is the teacher to pupil
ratio?

15 2.Three times a number plus 17 equals 62. What is the number?

P320 3.For working for 1 ½ hours, a man was paid P60. At the same ratehow
much will he be paid for a day of 8 hours?

79 m^2 4.A room is 11 m by 9 m. There is a 5 m by 4 m carpet in themiddle. What

area of the room is not covered by the carpet?

4½ h 5.One morning an electrician spent 1 ½ hours on his first job. 2 ¼hours on

his second job and ¾ hour on his thrid job. How manyhours did he work that
morning?

54 6.Of 120 students, 55% are girls. How many are boys

A.15-second questions – 2 points each

31, 37 1.Give the prime numbers between 30 and 40.

41 2.What is the biggest number N that will make N – 7 < 35 true?

1¾h 3.Lino worked for 9 ½ hours on Monday and 7 ¾ hours onWednesday.

How much longer did he work on Monday than onWednesday?

13 4.If n/ 24 =96 /52, what is n?

90 5.The sum of two numbers is 135. The second number is twice

thefirst. What is the bigger number?

2 x 3^3x 5 6.Express 270 as a product of its prime factors.

20.8 or 20 4/5 7.What is the value of (6x16+8)/5?

65 8.What percent of 80 is 52?

P52.50 9.If you buy a P350 shirt at 15% discount, how much will yousave?

500 10.Ellen uses 3.5 liters of water on her houseplants each week. Findthe
average number of milliliters of water she uses a day.
1:1 11.What is the ratio of 250 m to 0.25 km?

B.30-second questions – 3 points each

8 1.Lina pays P6 for a one-way fare to school. For how many two-way
fares will P100 be enough?

1860 2.What is the value of k in k/60 + 56 = 87 ?

1.5 x 10^8 3.Write the product of 30,000 x 5,000 in scientific notation

15 4.What is the mean of 16, 14, 15, 16, 17, 16, 11?

69 5.If 54% of the 150 Grade 6 pupils in a school are boys, how manyare girls?

3 6. If 25 x N – 56 = 19, what is N?

2009 METROBANK-MTAP-DEPED MATH CHALLENGE NATIONAL FINALSGRADE 6

INDIVIDUAL ORALPart 1: 15 seconds (10 items)

1.If 45 x n= 805, what is the value of 45 x n + 7?

Solution :45 x n+ 7 = 805 + 7 = 812 Answer:812

2.Gold purity ratings are proportional. If a 24-carat gold is 100% pure, what is
the purity of an 18-carat gold?

Solution: 18/24 = ¾ = 75%

3.What number should be added to the numerator and denominator of 1/3 to get
afraction that is equivalent to 3/4?

Solution: 1+5 / 3+5 =6/8 = ¾ = 5

 4.All 7 sticks of equal lengths will be used to form a triangle. How many
suchtriangles can be formed?

Solution: A triangle with sides 2 sticks, 2 sticks, and 3 sticks can be formed.
Another triangle with sides 1 stick, 3sticks, and 3 sticks can also be formed. So
there are 2different triangles. Answer:2

5.You are asked to cut a 20-cm long stick into 10 equal lengths. How long will
ittake you if each cut takes 3 seconds?

Solution :9 cuts x 3 seconds = 27 Answer:27 seconds

6.It takes one man one day to dig a 2m x 2m x 2m hole. How many days does
ittake 3 men working at the same rate to dig a 4m x 4m x 4m hole?

Solution:2m x 2m x 2m = 8 m^3/ day = per person

8m^3/ day =per person x 3 persons = 24 m^3 in one day for 3 persons

4m x 4m x 4m÷24 m^3 per day = 64/24= 8/3 days=

Answer: 8/3 or 2 2/3

7.If x + y = 12, y + z = 20, and x = 5, what is z?

Solution In x + y = 12, y = 7 since x = 5.

In y + z = 20, z = 13 since y = 7.

Answer:13

8.If 50% of a number is 20, what is 80% of the number?

Solution 50% of a number is 20, so the number is 40.

40 x 0.8 = 32 Answer:32

9.If the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are all multiplied together, how

manyzeros are at the end of their product?
Solution When 2 is multiplied by 5, there will be a zero at the end of their
product. Also,when 10 is multiplied by any number there will be a zero at the end
of their product. So there are 2 zeros at the end of the product of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9,and10. Answer:2

10.What is 10^10 divided by 1 billion?

Solution 10^10 has 10 zeros while 1 billion has 9 zeros, so 10^10 ÷1 billion
Answer: 10

Part 2: 30 seconds (5 items)

1.Aling Edna sells mangoes in bags of 5 kg and 10 kg. She has a total of 250 kg
tosell in all. If she sells twice as many bags of one than the other and all
themangoes are sold, how many bags of 10 kg mangoes each are sold?

Solution 10 x 5 kg + 20 x 10 kg = 50 + 200 = 250 kg Answer:20

2.There are as many boys as there are girls. When 16 boys left, the number
of remaining boys became half the number of girls. How many pupils were there
atthe start?

SolutionAt the start, the number of boys equals the number of girls. When 16
boys left, thenumber of remaining boys became one half the number of boys at
the start. Sothere were 32 boys at the start. And there were 64 pupils in all at the
start. Answer:64

3 .A 7 unit x 7 unit x 7 unit big cube is painted on all faces and then cut into
unitcubes. How many of the unit cubes have no paint?

Solution Removing all the unit cubes on the surface of the big cube will give a 5
unit x 5unit x 5 unit cube. So there are 125 unit cubes that have no paint.

Answer:125